The Fogarty Literary Award is proudly sponsored by the Fogarty Foundation and Fremantle Press. The prize is biennial and is awarded to an unpublished manuscript by a Western Australian author aged between 18 and 35 for a work of adult fiction, narrative non-fiction or young adult fiction. The winner receives a cash prize of $20,000 and a publishing contract with Fremantle Press. The winner of the Award will also receive a hot desk residency with the Centre for Stories along with a stipend of $1,500.
2025 WINNER OF THE FOGARTY LITERARY AWARD: CHUCKIE RAVEN
About the book
The queer YA novel Glimmers in the Sea Glass takes us from the oppressive silence of small towns to the locked wards of a children’s hospital, immersing us in the lives of two young protagonists separated by twenty years. This engrossing page-turner pulls the reader deep into the heart-wrenching, heartwarming rollercoaster lives of its characters.
About the author
Chuckie Raven (they/them) is a youth worker and craftsperson living in Nollamara, WA. They’re the founder and lead of the Perth Pride Shed, Perth’s first LGBTQIA+ community shed. They are passionate about protecting queer kids and, through their work with The Freedom Centre, have met many brilliant young minds who give them endless hope for the future. Chuckie writes stories they wished they’d had growing up. Their debut novel Glimmers in the Sea Glass is born out of their own queer experience and their family’s experience of living in WA’s South West.
PAST WINNERS
The 2023 winner of the Fogarty Literary Award was Katherine Allum for The Skeleton House (June 2024). The 2021 winner was Brooke Dunnell for her manuscript The Glass House (November 2022). The inaugural winner was Rebecca Higgie for her manuscript The History of Mischief (September 2020).
ENTRIES
ENTRIES: Entries for the biennial Fogarty Literary Award are now closed. They will reopen in March 2027. Entries can only be made via the Fremantle Press Submittable page. We recommend you create a Submittable account and hit the follow button at the bottom of our page to receive the latest updates on our call for entries.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The winner will be announced at a special event in May or June 2027.
MORE INFORMATION
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